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Starting in Fall 2015, Albion College will annually offer four-year tuition, room, and board to as many as 10 first-year students who are Albion residents and attended Albion Public Schools in grades 6-8. Read more

Recent News

Seven recent graduates of KIPP Atlanta Collegiate will matriculate together this fall as members of the Class of 2019 at Albion College. One of their high school science teachers—Doug Richmond, '06 (left)—and Albion admission counselor Trevor Markovich played key roles in the group's decision. "Albion has created quite a buzz," Richmond says. "At the end of the day, it’s about what’s the best fit, and for these seven, it is Albion."

Albion College has a full-fledged astronaut among its alumni. Last week, Josh Cassada, '95, was one of eight men and women to complete two years of training as a candidate and become an official member of the NASA astronaut corps.

Zach Hubbell is known for making a twirling motion with his index finger when he scores a goal for the Albion College men's lacrosse team. He scored 39 of them during the spring as Albion won its first league championship. This summer, the twirling is coming from the spinning of a DNA dryer as part of the pre-engineering student's summer research work.

Geology professor Thom Wilch has been invited to help direct the course of Antarctic research funded by the National Science Foundation. This week Wilch began a one-year appointment in Arlington, Virginia, as NSF program director of Antarctic Earth Science in the Division of Polar Programs.